Dansimpuls offers the ultimate opportunity to danceteachers to get inspired, gain new knowledge and meet fellow danceteachers. During CaDance festival choreographers and teachers are invited to share their experience. They will do so on the February 14th and 15th in the studios of Korzo theatre in The Hague. The complete programme is now online and can be found on the workshoppage.

Dance from Autralia is a worldwide phenomena known for it’s especially athletic and theatrically gifted performers. The colourful Chunky Move ensemble from Melbourne is no exception to this. Experience their performance during the Holland Dance Event in a new way, by visiting the public rehearsal on beforehand, in the afternoon of December 6th.

The public rehearsal takes places in Lucent Danstheater, starting 16.00 till 18.15 hrs. The rehearsal is free of entry, but please do let us know you will be there, by sending an e-mail to yolanda@holland-dance.com before Friday 5 december 1pm. You will be asked to show your ticket of the performance at the entry.

The Second International Festival of Modern Choreography Context. Diana Vishneva will take place in Moscow from November 26th until November 29 2014. Samuel Wuersten, general and artistic director of Holland Dance and Holland Dance Festival is curator of this event.

The rich four-day Contextprogramme includes performances by state-of-the-art foreign companies representing various techniques, style, and philosophy, a workshop lead by Russian choreographers working in the contemporary dance style, who are going to present shows specifically made for the occasion, discussions, master classes, lectures, and film shows.

Amongst others Eric Gauthier and NDT will be present. Interested in more information? Check out vishnevafest.com.

Earlier this year Dutch televisionchannel NTR made a short documentary about Diana Vishneva.

Dance is voor everybody! Whether you’ve got a physical disability or not. DanceAble, the new ‘integrated dance’ course, starts in november 2014. Holland Dance is the organisator of this course, which is especially made for people with and without a (physical) disability. It is now possible to enroll yourself for the course, but please note it is tought in Dutch. More information can be found here.

Integrated dance is a danceform which brings together dancers with and without a physical disability. Everybody dances according to his or her possibilities and the combinaton of abled and disabled provides for a special new contact between people. The course is a follow-up on the succesfull pilotproject which had it’s presentationmoment during the Holland Dance Festival 2014.

Every year Holland Dance organises the DansFabriek (DanceFactory). Amateurdancers from danceschools from the The Hague region get the opportunity to give their best on a theatre stage. Check out the photo-impression on our facebookpage: facebook.com/holland.dance.

We are delighted that Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands will attend Free to Move on Thurday September 4th in Lucent Danstheater. Free to Move is an initiative of the Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds and Holland Dance. With this event eight modern dancecompanies from the Netherlands perform selfless in honour of the battle against muscular deceases.

This festive season you can give a Holland Dance Festival experience as a present. December 3rd through 26th we offer you a festive discount of €2,50 per performance ticket. Tickets can be ordered by phone or by ordering online through holland-dance.com. After the holidays the festival keeps selling at affordable prices. From €17,50 you can enjoy an inspiring evening. Nobody has to stay at home, but be quick before shows sell out!

Please take note: this offer is not valid in combination with other discounts.

Sunday November 3rd Holland Dance presents the Holland Dance Massive. From 3 p.m. a show will be put on at the Spuiplein in The Hague. After a supporting programme of different dancing groups a thousand dancers will enter the Spuiplein to perform the Dance Massive. Choreographer Thom Stuart of De Dutch Don’t Dance Division has been invited to create this mass choreography with as a grande finale the performance of Duh Haagse kakkeâhr; a ‘typical The Hague-ish’ dance.

Dance city The Hague will host the festive opening to the 2013-2014 dance season on Thursday 5 September with a new initiative: the Free To Move dance event. The evening focuses on moving and being moved, and features leading international dancers. Through this initiative, the Princess Beatrix Fund and Holland Dance aim to raise awareness of muscular disorders in the Netherlands. While enjoying a spectacular evening, audiences can contribute to the scientific research supported by the fund.

The thirteenth edition of the Holland Dance Festival, ´Source of Inspiration´, which took place in dance city The Hague from 26 January to 26 February, ended with a successful final weekend of sold-out performances by Conny Janssen Danst and Emio Greco. Over the past month, Holland Dance Festival has presented a sample sheet of international and Dutch dance, ranging from top ‘acts’ like Sylvie Guillem and Streb Extreme Action Company to exciting newcomers from Brazil and Cuba. The fact that the demand for dance has stayed relatively stable despite the economic downturn is proved by the 19,000 visitors who made their way to the theatres. Houses were filled to an average capacity of 74% for 56 performances, and the 20 sold-out performances had long waiting lists for returned tickets. The absolute smash hit of the festival was undoubtedly the performance by Jacoby&Pronk, in which former Dutch National Ballet dancer Rubinald Pronk returned to his hometown, The Hague.

Wednesday 22 February Talent On The Move will start their tour in the Posthuis Theater, Heerenveen. As an initiative of Holland Dance, the new talents of the Rotterdam dance academy are touring the country with the program Talent On The Move.

Central festival box office

The central Holland Dance Festival box office is located in the Korzo theatre, Prinsestraat 42. You can buy tickets there for all the festival locations except the Lucent Danstheater. Reserved tickets can be picked up from the festival box office until the day before the performance. On the day of the performance, you can pick up reserved tickets from the theatre in question.

Today,Saturday February 18you can expect some dancers of Club Movers ‘nShakers between16:00 hours and17:00 hoursonthe Grote Markt, Het Plein and at the intersection of theBonneterieand Passagein The Hague.They show youa previewofthe moves fromtheclubevent on Saturday 25 February.

There are still placesavailable for themasterclassofDudaPaivain the Korzo theater and of DanzAbiertainthe Theater aan het Spui. You can follow these masterclasses today, Saturday February 18and both will start at14:00 hours.

STREB isin The Hague. The Atrium,The Hague City Hall, will be transformed intoastage on which thedancers can perform on 10,11 & 12 February. Do you want to know more about Elizabeth Streb and her company? Read the interview.

OnThursday, February 2 there is an afterparty at the festivalcafe which starts at 22.00 hours, after the showBodyAgainstBody from BillT.Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company afterparty. The Rotterdam based DJ duo Body II Body runspumpingdancetracks inthe festivalcaféKorzo. Be there!

On Tuesday 31 January 2012, Samuel Wuersten, artistic director of Holland Dance and member of the Board of Directors of Codarts, will be admitted to the French Order of Arts and Letters and given the title Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Wuersten is being honoured for his great achievements in the development of dance in general and in the promotion of French contemporary dance in the Netherlands. “Samuel Wuersten has a dynamic personality and has been instrumental in stimulating French programming in the Netherlands”. The admission to the French order is the second honour he has received in less than a year, as he was recently knighted in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.

The Holland Dance Festival’s festive ‘Source of Inspiration’ gala is the occasion of the fourth presentation of the Jiří Kylián Ring. In 2010, the ring was received by lighting designer Ellen Knops, who will now be passing on the prestigious award to someone who has made a significant and inspiring contribution to dance in the Netherlands.

Are youadancerwho wants tolearn new techniques,exploredance stylesandspark your creativity?Then sign upfor one of themasterclasses given by one of the dance companiesthat can be seen at the upcoming HollandDanceFestival. From Bill T.Jones,DrewJacoby,BalletboyztoBarakMarshall,agreat opportunity to get to know the dancers of the companies and the different styles.

Atthe HollandDancewebsite you can now havealook at the festival magazine full of interesting interviewsand columns. Would you like to receive a copy at home just mail us at info@holland-dance.com
We will send you the magazine free of charge.

Don’t Hit Mama is bringing the funky club dance culture of the United States to the Holland Dance Festival in 2012. The driving force behind the group is the artistic power of theatre maker Nita Liem. Years ago, the New York underground club scene inspired Liem to develop her own variation on the club event. In every town she performs with her dancers, she looks for fresh local dance talent and adds it to her team of urban and hiphop dancers. In The Hague, the group will be reinforced by Club Movers ’n Shakers. Together, they will present an energetic mix of dance acts and theatre in a night-club atmosphere. The dancers’ enthusiasm is so infectious that the audience is drawn into the performance in next to no time.

The projections of Slow Dancing are cancelled for tonight because of the expected weather conditions. We hope that the weather will improve tomorrow and that we can continue Slow Dancing. We apologize for any inconvenience.

On Friday 29 April, Samuel Wuersten, Artistic Director of Holland Dance and Member of the Executive Board of Codarts Rotterdam, University for the Arts, received a knighthood in the order of Orange-Nassau Wuersten was honoured with this knighthood for his exceptional achievements in promoting the development of Dutch dance at home and abroad. The organisations of Holland Dance and Codarts Rotterdam are pleased that so many colleagues in the field have contributed their efforts to make this distinction possible.

From Monday August 1 until Saturday August 13th DeDDDD and Ballet & Co organises an international dancing course with special attention and focus on the Dutch Dance heritage. De Dutch Summer Dance Course takes place in the studios and theatre of the recently renovated, trendy Korzo Theatre in The Hague.